Category: Music
If you want someone to extol the late Mike Nesmith’s virtues as a songwriter, you don’t have to look much further than the man who’s been standing beside him onstage for many of the past five and a half decades. “Nes is a great songwriter, always has been,” says Monkees …
Guitar great Steve Vai has played in a variety of projects en route to becoming one of the most respected players in rock and metal, and one of the stops along the way was performing with David Lee Roth in his solo band. During a chat with CMS Music (seen …
Arca has four new albums out this week. Yes, four: The eccentric electronic artist has shared KICK ii, KicK iii, kick iiii, and kiCK iiiii. They mark the final installments of her KicK anthology, which she began last year. Back in November, the Venezuelan artist announced that she’d be releasing KicK …
The Warning have announced a 2022 North American tour. It’ll be their first time headlining throughout the U.S. and part of Canada. Hailing from Monterrey, Mexico, The Warning are a trio of sisters who went viral back in 2015 for their cover of Metallica‘s “Enter Sandman.” They were teenagers at the …
Skillet frontman and Christian rocker John Cooper blasted Rage Against the Machine while defending his own anti-vax stance in a new interview. You might remember Cooper’s delusional comments from earlier this year following Cardi B’s controversial Grammy performance. At the time, Cooper compared the Grammy Awards to Hitler and condemned …
On any given day BTS are setting some record, but here’s an especially impressive feat: the group’s “Permission to Dance On Stage” residency at Los Angeles So-Fi Stadium was the biggest single venue concert engagement by any act in nearly a decade. According to Billboard, the four-night stand sold 214,000 …
FKA twigs is releasing a new song featuring West London rapper Central Cee. The single, “Measure of a Man,” is out November 18, and it’ll be featured in the new movie The King’s Man. According to a press release, “Measure of a Man” is written by Jamie Hartman, John Hill, …
Actress, dancer, singer McKenzi Brooke is releasing her highly anticipated debut single “17” on Friday, January 7th, 2022. McKenzi came to prominence in the world of entertainment through the social media site Tik Tok, amassing an incredible 12 million followers. Her lip-syncing, comedic dubbing, dancing and joint videos with her …
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Doja Cat will no longer perform at the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball stops in New York City and Boston this weekend after members from her production team tested positive for COVID-19. She shared the update on her socials Friday (Dec. 10), just hours before NYC’s Jingle Ball was set to start …
UFC Lightweight Champion Charles Oliveira took the long route to the top of what is largely considered mixed martial arts’ most competitive division. Nearly 11 years and 27 fights after first entering the UFC in 2010, “Do Bronx” finally earned the championship belt with a second-round TKO of Michael Chandler …
Anheuser-Busch InBev revealed Friday (Dec. 10) that it is discontinuing its Travis Scott-backed hard seltzer brand, Cacti, less than nine months after the product first went on sale. “After careful evaluation, we have decided to stop all production and brand development of CACTI Agave Spiked Seltzer,” said an Anheuser-Busch InBev …
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The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, and a Le Tigre reunion headline a stacked lineup at the inaugural This Ain’t No Picnic Festival. It goes down August 27th and 28th in Pasadena, California at Brookside at the Rose Bowl. This Ain’t No Picnic is the latest venture from Goldenvoice, the AEG subsidiary that …
Regina Spektor has announced a limited-edition box set to celebrate the 20th anniversary of 11:11, her debut album. The collection will include a remastered vinyl copy of 11:11 and two mastered, vinyl-only live performances, entitled Papa’s Bootlegs, featuring previously unreleased songs from the 11:11 era recorded by Spektor’s own father. …
David Lasley — an American artist, songwriter and longtime backup singer for a slew of legendary artists — passed away on Dec. 9 at the age of 74, Billboard has confirmed. In addition to a solo career that netted him the 1982 top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hit “If I …
Incubus are already planning to hit the road early into the new year. The Brandon Boyd-led alt-rock hitmakers just announced a string of tour dates across the United States to begin in March 2022. The trek kicks off on March 18 at North Charleston Performing Arts Center in North Charleston, S.C., …
Michael Nesmith, who died Friday (Dec. 10) at age 78, and his fellow Monkees – Davy Jones, Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz – set a record in 1967 that no other act has equaled: They became the first and only act to have four No. 1 albums on the Billboard …
Bharti Shahani has died after being injured at the 2021 Astroworld Festival, The Associated Press and KTRK report. James Lassiter, an attorney for Shahani and her family, said the young woman died last night, according to the reports. Bharti Shahani was 22 years old and a senior at Texas A&M …
Members of Tool, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jane’s Addiction and Post Malone’s bands took part in a wild all-star jam for charity over the weekend, raising money for Malibu Elementary School. How many amazing drummers do you need, guys? The makeshift supergroup brought …
The star-studded lineup for the 15th annual Jazz in the Gardens has been revealed. On Friday (Dec. 10), it was announced that Mary J. Blige, H.E.R, Rick Ross, The Isley Brothers, SWV, The Roots and soon-to-be-announced local artists are set to perform at the event, slated to kick off at …
Ho, ho, ho! BTS have unveiled their festive “Butter (Holiday Remix)” just in time for the Christmas season. To transform their summer smash into a winter wonderland, the Bangtan Boys added a healthy dose of sleigh bells to the buttery proceedings. “Smooth like butter, like a criminal undercover/ Gon’ pop …
Foo Fighters go disco? Members of Korn take on Pet Shop Boys and Justin Bieber? Everyone, and we do mean everyone, takes on Metallica? Yes, we’re looking back on the year in cover songs, where bands are allowed to break beyond the parameters they’ve created with their respective careers and …
We’re not here to pick favorites, but very few holiday songs have stood the test of time as well as Adam Sandler’s unforgettable classic “The Chanukah Song,” in which the canonically Jewish actor rattles off a few of his celebrity friends who also celebrate the Festival of Lights. But considering …
It’s hard to imagine Ben Affleck shopping for T-shirts on Bridge Nine Records’ web store. Yet somehow the actor ended up in a logo tee for Massachusetts straight-edge hardcore icons and B9 alums Have Heart last week while out in Los Angeles with Jennifer Lopez. Lopez is the singer and actress who this …
Tom Morello has released his second guest-heavy solo album of 2021, The Atlas Underground Flood. The LP is the sister piece to The Atlas Underground Fire, which the Rage Against the Machine guitarist dropped back in October. Morello again tapped a host of famous musical colleagues to contribute, including Metallica’s …
Joe Talbot has two more things he wants to accomplish before the end of 2021: Start working on IDLES‘ fifth album and win a bar fight. “Those two things. That’s it,” he says forcefully with a clap. Sitting on a cozy-looking couch, bearing a white, lightly plaid button-up shirt and thick-framed …
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A new Juice WRLD song has been released. It’s called “Already Dead,” and it follows the announcement of his forthcoming posthumous LP Fighting Demons. Hear it below. Fighting Demons will arrive December 10 via Grade A Productions and Interscope Records. It will mark the second posthumous record from the Chicago …
Our recurring new music feature Rap Song of the Week breaks down the hip-hop tracks you need to hear at the end of every week. Check out the full playlist here. This week we highlight “Stand Up” off Tierra Whack’s new Rap? EP. In the three years since releasing her …
